hello, i'm anna foster, this is bbc news life from jerusalem. —— live from jerusalem. the exit of foreign citizens from gaza has been stopped — at least temporarily. no—one has used the crossing so far today. we are hearing that border authorities will not permit foreign passport holders to cross into egypt until the injured people in gaza's hospitals are allowed to travel to rafah. hundreds of foreign citizens have escaped egypt through the crossing in the past few days. meanwhile, the diplomatic efforts to relieve the humanitarian crisis in gaza are stepping up again. the us secretary of state antony blinken is in amma meeting leaders from lebanon, qatar and jordan. mr blinken is pushing for pauses in the fighting in gaza. the regional leaders want an immediate ceasefire. but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu insists there will be no temporary truce until all hostages are released. while in gaza, an official from the un agency for palestinian refugees warns there is less and less it can do to protect people. the hamas—run gaza health ministry says 9,488 people have now been killed, including about 3,900 children. about 1,400 israelis were killed in the hamas attacks. the health ministry also says at least 12 people sheltering in a school were killed in an explosion there on friday night. hamas says the school was bombed by israel. there has been no comment yet from israel. the un secretary—general and the world health organization have condemned israel's attack on an ambulance in gaza. on friday, the israel defense forces admitted striking the ambulance but said the vehicle was being used by hamas to transport fighters. and the united states says it believes the war between israel and hamas is being contained and any broader regional conflict has been deterred. the comments from the pentagon follow the first public remarks from the leader of the iranian—backed and lebanese—based hezbollah group who didn't commit his thousands of fighters to enter the conflict. 0ur correspondent mark lowen reports. israel has continued its pounding gaza from the ground and the air. 0vernight, its army says it killed what it called terror cells exiting some of the many have hamas tunnels. the target, israel says, is terrorists, but civilians are paying ever more disastrous price, a school in a refugee camp hit this morning in what palestinians say is an israeli strike that killed at least 15. israel hasn't commented, to many of these images are too graphic to show. childhood innocence has been destroyed too. this pope says he witnessed three bombings, carrying bodies with his own hands. hospitals and schools, places of refuge no more. israel maintaining their hamas hideouts using civilians as human shields. , ., ., shields. the roads are not safe, the unrwa schools — shields. the roads are not safe, the unrwa schools which _ shields. the roads are not safe, the unrwa schools which were - shields. the roads are not safe, the unrwa schools which were used i shields. the roads are not safe, the | unrwa schools which were used for any attack in the past also as shelters are not safe. the self doesn't seem safe either and the passage to the south wouldn't seem safe either. figs passage to the south wouldn't seem safe either. �* , ., , ., safe either. as the war grinds on, the american _ safe either. as the war grinds on, the american secretary _ safe either. as the war grinds on, the american secretary of - safe either. as the war grinds on, the american secretary of state l the american secretary of state arrived injordan, telling regional leaders the us is pushing for increased aid despite israel's prime minister rejecting his call for humanitarian pause. as gaza smoulders, so does arab anger. diplomacy has failed to stop the bloodshed. 0n the ground, more foreign passport holders have been leaving from gaza —like ii—year—old, her american passport a way out but her american passport a way out but her father left behind. my her american passport a way out but her father left behind.— her father left behind. my dad told me to be safe _ her father left behind. my dad told me to be safe and _ her father left behind. my dad told me to be safe and he _ her father left behind. my dad told me to be safe and he hugged - her father left behind. my dad told me to be safe and he hugged me | her father left behind. my dad told i me to be safe and he hugged me and kissed my forehead because he is very worried about me. find kissed my forehead because he is very worried about me.— kissed my forehead because he is very worried about me. and this is the devastation _ very worried about me. and this is the devastation they _ very worried about me. and this is the devastation they leave. - very worried about me. and this is the devastation they leave. gaza l very worried about me. and this is i the devastation they leave. gaza and its lives ripped apart. israel hopes its lives ripped apart. israel hopes it will be hamas itself that will be flattened here, but what then? let's talk a little more about that news that a hold has been put on people with foreign passports leaving gaza through the rafah crossing into egypt. joining me now is our bbc arabic correspondent alaa ragaie. has anyone crossed out of gaza into egypt today?— has anyone crossed out of gaza into egypt today? until this moment, we are hearin: egypt today? until this moment, we are hearing that _ egypt today? until this moment, we are hearing that nobody _ egypt today? until this moment, we are hearing that nobody managed i egypt today? until this moment, we are hearing that nobody managed to cross to the egyptian side, according to palestinian sources. we have seen the list that used to be ushered in the past three days by the authorities of crossing in gaza with around 700 names, including german, british and egyptians for the first time. all of these people, hundreds of them, headed to the border but the gate didn't open. according to sources, we talked to from the crossing authority in the palestinian side, there is some kind of condition. they are making it clear that they will not allow the foreigners or dual nationals to cross to the egyptian side until there is some kind of coordination or agreement about the safety of transferring those injured, severely injured palestinians, to the egyptian side. this, of course, came after a day when the palestinian side or palestinian authorities accused the israeli forces of targeting a convoy of ambulances in front of the main hospital, which killed around 15 in this convoy. so far, nobody crossed but we are still watching if there will be some kind of updates there. it watching if there will be some kind of updates there.— of updates there. it sounds like those discussions _ of updates there. it sounds like those discussions are _ of updates there. it sounds like those discussions are still- of updates there. it sounds like | those discussions are still going on, those diplomatic negotiations? do we know exactly what is being asked for in terms of the injured being allowed to leave, is it a certain number or do wejust not know that level of detail? certain number or do we just not know that level of detail?- certain number or do we just not know that level of detail? well, we don't know — know that level of detail? well, we don't know about _ know that level of detail? well, we don't know about the _ know that level of detail? well, we don't know about the criteria - know that level of detail? well, we don't know about the criteria or - know that level of detail? well, we j don't know about the criteria or the number. the first day, on wednesday, we heard that 81 will be allowed to cross to egypt or to be transferred to egyptian hospitals. according to egyptian official numbers, only around 45 were allowed to cross or to be transferred to egyptian hospitals. we know that their identities are checked and verified by the security, israeli security or egyptian security, to verify that they are not involved in the fighting. they are civilians. but we don't know about the criteria, why those? but most of them are severely injured. some of them were children. but, you know, we don't know about the criteria itself.— the criteria itself. thank you. our correspondent _ the criteria itself. thank you. our correspondent from _ the criteria itself. thank you. our correspondent from bbc - the criteria itself. thank you. our correspondent from bbc arabic . correspondent from bbc arabic joining us their live from cairo. we have also heard in the last few hours that the israeli military opened one of gaza's two main highways to allow traffic so people could head south from the north of the gaza strip. this came in a social media post, written in arabic, saying that traffic would be permitted from one and 4pm local time, that is a window that closes at the end of this hour. the message said that hamas leaders were already protecting themselves and urged civilians to do the same by heeding instructions to move south, away from the fiercest of the fighting which is happening in the north of the strip. let's get the latest from gaza, our correspondent is there. today, israel asked about half a million people living in gaza city and then off to leave here to khan younis, the city is already overwhelmed by about a million people displaced from their houses. the reason, the fighting intensified around gaza city and it seems that israeli operations are expanding and pushing the people who are still in gaza to leave. they want the area to be evacuated. especially around one area where hospital is. this morning, there was an air strike right in front of the hospital and they destroyed a building causing big damage and big panic about 14,000 people who are taking the hospital as shelter. israel insisted they should leave, the director of they should leave, the director of the hospital says we can't leave because most of the roads around the hospital were destroyed and about 100 patients are being treated inside, eight of them were connected to the life—saving machine. the biggest israeli incursion so far is in the north west of gaza and they are pushing hard towards gaza city. it seems that the israelis want to tighten the siege around gaza city itself and they are pushing hard for residents who still remain there to leave their homes here to khan younis. the us secretary of state antony blinken is facing demands for an immediate ceasefire in gaza as he meets regional leaders. he spoke shortly before his meeting with the un relief and works agency, unrwa. they are the people who look after palestinian refugees. it's both a pleasure and important to be here at unwra, which is doing extraordinary work every single day as a lifeline to palestinians in gaza and at great cost. more than 70 members of unwra have lost their lives. thousands are putting their lives on the line every single day to show up at work to help people. i have extraordinary admiration for the courage that they're showing. and we're here to hear about the efforts, the ongoing efforts to be able to talk to people in the field and to express our own ongoing support for unrwa's work, including through the assistance that the united states has dedicated to unwra over the last three years. so let me just say again, our condolences to those who've lost their lives in trying to help others, and our admiration for those who continue this vital work. that's antony blinken speaking in jordan. 0ur correspondent mark lohan joins me injerusalem and, mark, we know now an additional stop on antony blinken�*s trip, heading to turkey as well. he has a lot planned in the next 24 hours or so. he turkey as well. he has a lot planned in the next 24 hours or so.— in the next 24 hours or so. he does, he's going — in the next 24 hours or so. he does, he's going to — in the next 24 hours or so. he does, he's going to turkey _ in the next 24 hours or so. he does, he's going to turkey amid _ in the next 24 hours or so. he does, he's going to turkey amid growing i he's going to turkey amid growing anger in turkey about what is happening in gaza. their president has said he is breaking off all contact with israeli leaders, at the moment, yes recalled his ambassador to israel. he very much sees himself as the leader of the muslim world, in many ways, and he has rallied and called for rallies in support of gaza. here injordan on the first day of talks, he is meeting foreign ministers from jordan, egypt, saudi arabia, uae. they will be pushing him to call for an immediate ceasefire which is not america's position and, in fact, he tried to push israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu for humanitarian pauses to allow more aid in and negotiations on hostage releases. israel's prime minister rejected that, fearing that that could effectively allow hamas to be able to regroup in gaza. so, he is trying to regroup in gaza. so, he is trying to walk a very tight balancing act here because he has got to continue the us' steadfast support for israel, he says they will continue to support israel's right defend itself but also they have to show they are alive to the suffering of they are alive to the suffering of the civilians in gaza and to try and find some way of increasing aid to those civilians in gaza and so far, diplomacy has failed to halt the fighting, not lead to a flood of aid. the hope now is that diplomats can try and stop the conflict from igniting this wider combustible region. igniting this wider combustible re . ion. ., ~ igniting this wider combustible reuion. ., ~' ,, igniting this wider combustible reuion. ., ~ ~ igniting this wider combustible reuion. ., ~ ., region. thank you mark, our correspondence _ region. thank you mark, our correspondence with - region. thank you mark, our correspondence with me - region. thank you mark, our| correspondence with me here region. thank you mark, our i correspondence with me here in jerusalem. let's focus on the northern border with lebanon. concerns that a new front could open up concerns that a new front could open up in this war in the north. dr maha yahya is director of the carnegie middle east center. she gave me her assessment on hassan nasrallah's speech. maybe a couple ofjust quick points on the speech of hassan nasrallah yesterday. one is it's very clear that they would prefer not to get involved even further in the conflict, primarily because they are fully aware of the fact that a conflict, an expansion in the arena of conflict is basically could very easily turn into a global one. it will not remain a regional conflict between lebanon and hezbollah. sorry, between hezbollah and israel. apologies. that's one. two, i would say that i mean, i don't know why there is no expectation of him announcing some grand strategy yesterday. yesterday was very much about showing empathy with palestinians. it was about being stepping up and being the man of the hour in the absence of arab leadership. he really is... i mean, everybody was waiting for his speech yesterday. palestinians that have lost i mean, it's almost 10,000 lives now that have been killed in gaza, in addition to thousands who have been injured. 30%, we're hearing, of the housing stock already gone. so it was very much about stepping up and speaking on behalf of the palestinians. let me leave you with these live pictures of gaza are seen from southern israel. you can see those plumes of smoke on the horizon, that continuing israeli military operation in gaza. that's all from jerusalem for now. i'll have plenty more next hour. thank you, anna, and we will be returning back to anna and her team injerusalem for the latest news from the middle east. now it's time for a look at today's sport. the crucial cricket world cup match between new zealand and pakistan is heading for an exciting finish in bengaluru. pakistan are chasing a revised target of 342 from 41 overs after rain interrupted play with them going well on 160—1. they have just gone into their second interruption for rain. they are on 200—1. fakhar zaman scored a quick century. earlier, rachin ravindra scored 108 as new zealand piled up 401—6 from their 50 overs. if pakistan lose then they'll have no chance of reaching the semi finals. if there is no further play, pakistan will win the match. england know that defeat against ausrtralia will mean the end of any faint hopes they had of reaching the semi finals. they restricted australia to 286 all out after winning the toss and bowling. marnus labuschagne top scoring with 71. chris woakes topped and tailed the innings with the first two and last two wickets. so england are chasing 287 for a victory that would harm australia's chances of making the last four. they lost a wicket in the first ball of the innings but have rallied somewhat, they are 14—1 in the fourth over. england are the inaugural wxv champions after a 33—12 win over new zealand in auckland. the red roses end the tournament as the top tier�*s only unbeaten team and gain some revenge for losing the world cup final to the same opposition last year. england's victory also ensured they will stay ahead of new zealand at the top of the world rankings. and to top it off captain marlie packer was then named world player of the year after the match. it's a game of rugby, you win it and you lose it. sometimes losing a game of rugby makes you a better player and a better person. you learn from that. and, you know, beating new zealand in their own back yard, there is no betterfeeling, but you have to go from that and hopefully thatis have to go from that and hopefully that is what the squad will learn from tonight. we need to keep pushing on, we need to keep driving standards going into the six nations and and hopefully, that stand—alone game at twickenham further down the year. after manchester united boss erik ten hag described marcus rashford's decision to have a birthday party after their derby defeat to manchester city last weekend as �*unacceptable' the forward is not in the squad for their premier league match at fulham today. but ten hag insists the two aren't connected. rashford has a leg injury and would have started if fit. the game at craven cottage has just reached half time. it is currently goalless. later either manchester city or arsenal could go top if they win their matches with arsenal in second travelling to newcastle currently sixth. 0ne one of the toughest places to go and win. we have done it. it is nothing new to it, we know what we expect. very, very clear what they do, what their strengths are, where the opportunities are as well for us. we will try and take the game. in opportunities are as well for us. we will try and take the game.- will try and take the game. in the summer, will try and take the game. in the summer. i _ will try and take the game. in the summer, i thought _ will try and take the game. in the summer, i thought they - will try and take the game. in the summer, i thought they recruited really— summer, i thought they recruited really well. obvious player who is such an _ really well. obvious player who is such an impressive individual and player— such an impressive individual and player is— such an impressive individual and player is declan rice and i think when _ player is declan rice and i think when you — player is declan rice and i think when you add him to their midfield, ithink— when you add him to their midfield, i think he _ when you add him to their midfield, i think he has got unique qualities. i think he has got unique qualities. ithink_ i think he has got unique qualities. i think they— i think he has got unique qualities. i think they have moved on from last year and _ i think they have moved on from last year and i_ i think they have moved on from last yearand i think i think they have moved on from last year and i think they have mentally moved _ year and i think they have mentally moved on — year and i think they have mentally moved on from what happened and i think they— moved on from what happened and i think they have performed very well. as you _ think they have performed very well. as you say, — think they have performed very well. as you say, unbeaten. really big test of— as you say, unbeaten. really big test of our— as you say, unbeaten. really big test of our credentials. leaders celtic can stretch their lead to nine points with victory at ross county. ross county have already had james brown sent off, down to ten men but it is still currently goalless. kilmarnock host motherwell later. novak djokovic will play andrey rublev in the semi finals of the paris masters after a hard fought three set win over holger rune djokovic won the first set 7—5, but lost the second on a tie break before finally coming through 6 games to four in the third. world number one djokovic is aiming to make his ninth final in the event, the other semi will be between grigor dimitrov and stefanos tsitsipas. you can of course follow both the cricket and the football via our website. and that's all the sport for now. at least 157 people are believed to have been killed in an earthquake in western nepal. the shallow quake of magnitude 5.6 hit the remote hill district of jajarkot, 500 kilometres west of kathmandu. strong tremors were felt in the capital and in indian cities including delhi. hospital officials in jajarkot said they were treating more than 40 injured people rescued from the rubble of their homes. police here in the uk have made almost 100 arrests for hate crimes since the beginning of the israel gaza war. the metropolitan police commissioner sir mark rowley said anti—jewish hate crime offences are 14 times higher than for the same time last year. and anti—muslim hate crimes are up threefold over the same period. the husband of us vice president kamala harris, while in the uk this week, also warned about the uk this week, also warned about the alarming increase in hate since the alarming increase in hate since the beginning of hostilities. earlier, my colleague anna foster spoke tojustin current, news editor atjewish news, a newspaper that serves the jewish atjewish news, a newspaper that serves thejewish community in the uk. there is no doubt the anti—semitic incidents in the uk are at a record high at this point. the fear and the dread amongst britishjews is something i have never ever experienced in 21 years working at the jewish news. just in the last few days since i was last in this bbc studio, we have seen graffiti scrawled calling for the killing of jews at a school in north london. we have seen a holocaust memorial museum targeted also in london. we have seen schoolkids refusing to play football againstjewish kids and i think this isjust the tip of the iceberg from what we understand of more than 700% increase in anti—semitic incidents across the uk. people that i am speaking to here in israel are expressing similar sentiments. they are finding it enormously difficult at the moment, do you think enough is being done to try and help people who are experiencing that? i have to say, the police have been given a hard time by parts of thejewish community and beyond in recent days. i have to say that i believe they are facing an almost impossible task to manage and to monitor every single person on every single march in real—time. but certainly, when they have put up on their social media calls for information about specific incidents, arrests have been made quite quickly and i understand that there are currently 44 incidents that are with the cps now for possible prosecution. you mentioned social media there, what kind of attacks are being directed at britishjews on there? the bile on social media is always horrific againstjews and other minorities as well. ever since the 7th of october, the moment that happened, we knew there would be a spike in anti—semitic incidents online and off. it happens every time there is a flare—up of violence and every time israel is drawn into a war against hamas or hezbollah. you said that what you are seeing here is unprecedented and certainly in israel, the ministry of foreign affairs is suggesting that israelis shouldn't travel out of the country to other places at the moment such is the risk to them. this seems an extraordinary request and it really is very worrying for the people that this affects. it brings into sharp focus just how bad the situation is, just how high the fear levels are. and it's notjust a question of asking people not to travel, they have suggested that people who are already in foreign countries avoid displaying symbols ofjudaism and that is just brings home how horrific this moment is. we will leave you with these live pictures of southern israel looking out into northern gaza where us officials are warning up to 400,000 people still remain trapped there. as israel continues its offensive in the territory. stay with us on bbc news. hello again. we have had some very heavy rainfall across southern areas of the uk this morning. some gusty winds to go with that, as well. that rain has cleared northward and we are starting to see now some sunny spells developing around southern areas. we are continuing with some showers in the south, with the rain moving northward, and there will be some sunny spells further north across scotland and northern ireland. we have got this fairly deep area of low pressure moving its way in. gusty winds around southern coastal counties. and with that rain moving its way further northwards through this afternoon into north wales, the north midlands, into eastern england. showers that will turn heavy and thundery around southern areas this afternoon, accompanied by that strong and gusty wind, gusts of 50—60 mph. further north, though, in scotland and northern ireland, some sunny spells here with the winds much lighter. fairly quiet conditions, really. a maximum temperature getting up to around 9—13. now, through this evening, you may be heading out to a bonfire or fireworks display. it is looking largely dry for most of us, certainly across scotland there will be some clear spells, just one or two showers dotted around across eastern areas. the same goes also for northern ireland. but come into northern parts of england, north wales, the north midlands, this is where we have got this band of cloud, showery outbreaks of rain, some clear spells in between. further heavy and thundery showers in the far south—east of england. those will generally clear away, we might start to see some showers around the far east into the early hours of sunday morning. elsewhere, with some clear spells, temperatures getting down close to freezing in central areas of scotland. six or seven celsius elsewhere. now then, during sunday, those showers around eastern parts will clear and showers will come in across western areas through the day. some sunny spells. staying largely dry for central and eastern parts so perhaps a better, drier, sunnier day for many and temperatures about ten to 13 degrees. but again, for bonfire night, if you are heading out and about, those showers in the west will continue to move their way in. the clearest of the weather further north and east. into the rest of the week, tuesday will see ridge of high pressure, some fine weather here but by wednesday onwards, we'll start to see some weather fronts starting to move in. that means we are us going to see some more unsettled conditions from wednesday onwards but for monday and tuesday, looking largely dry with some sunny spells and temperatures about average for the time of year. bye— bye. this is bbc news. the headlines. authorites at the rafah crossing say no foreign passport holders will leave gaza for egypt until the injured people in gaza's hospitals are allowed to travel through the crossing. the un declares there is little it can do to protect gazans sheltering from the fighting, saying there are no safe spaces. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has been having a series of meetings with arab leaders injordan. they've been pressing him to call for an immediate ceasfire. israel's military says it is allowing traffic on one of gaza's main highways so people can head south. the road will be accessible for a further 30 minutes. an earthquake in western nepal kills at least 157 people. houses are destroyed and people are digging through rubble to rescue others. and russell brand faces a fresh allegation of sexual assault. the claim is made in a civil lawsuit filed in new york and dates back to 2010. now on bbc news, the travel show. a double landlocked country steeped in silk road legacy... it's like something from a 60s spy movie or something.